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A STATUTE. 



PASSED AT A MEETING OF xHB 

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COLUMBIA COLLEGE 

ON THE 16th JANUARY, 1830. 



Sec. 1. The course of instruction now existing, the in- 
tegrity of which shall in all respects be preserved, shall be de- 
nominated the full course. Another course of instruction shall 
be established, which shall be denominated the scientific and 
literary course ; the whole or any part of which, matriculated 
students may, at their option, attend. 

2. The scientific and literary course shall embrace all the 
studies now pursued in the College, except those of the Greek 
and Latin languages ; and shall, also, include the study of the 
modem languages, and such other studies in literature and the 
sciences as may hereafter be annexed thereto. The Board of 
the College shall form the students of the Scientific and Literary 
Course into classes, which shall be attended by the Professors, 
at such times, and to such an extent, as shall not interfere with 
their duties to the classes pursuing the fidl course of study. 

3. Persons not matriculated may, with the permission of the 
Board of the College^ attend the Scientific and Literary Course, 






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or any part thereof, paying into the treasury of the College the 
prescribed fees. 

4. Matriculated students who shall pass through the Scientific 
and Literary Course, or any part thereof, to the satisfaction of 
the Board of the College, shall, on the vote of the Board of 
Trustees, receive testimonials of the same, to be announced at 
the public commencement. 

5. The fees paid by each student in the Scientific and Lite- 
rary Course, shall not exceed fifteen dollars, per annum, for each 
Professor whom he may attend ; which fees shall be paid into 
the treasury of the College. 

6. The Professors of the languages shall form classes con- 
sisting of the matriculated Students, Graduates, and others, for 
the purpose of enlarged instruction in Greek and Roman litera- 
ture ; the fees to be the same and to -be appropriated as pre- 
scribed in the preceding section. 

7. Those Professors, a portion of whose course is conducted 
by lecture, may, at their lectures, unite the classes of the two 
courses. 

8. Matriculated students pursuing the Scientific and Literary 
Course are not prohibited from professional studies or pur- 
suits. 

9. Public Lectureships shall be established in the following 
departments : — Greek Literature ; Latin Literature ; Oriental 
Literature ; English Literature ; French, Italian, Spanish, and 
German Literature ; Chemistry and its applications ; Mechanics 
and Machines ; Mineralogy and Geology ; Architecture and 
Civil Engineering ; Intellectual Philosophy; Moral Philosophy; 
Elocution ; the Law of Nations and Constitutional Law; Politi- 
cal Economy ; Mathematical Science ; Experimental Philosophy ; 
Physical and Practical Astronomy. 

10. These lectures, as to the times and places of delivery, 




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__ shall be under the control of the Board of the College, and shall 

Qui be open to all persons who may choose to attend. The Pro- 
fessors may, at their option, be lecturers ; and the other lec- 
turers shall be appointed by tjie Board of Trustees. The 
lecturers shall fix and receive the fees of admission to their 
respective lectures. 

11. The Corporation of the City of New- York, the Trustees 
of the High School of the said City, the Trustees of the 
New-York Public School Society, the Trustees or Directors of 
the Clinton Hall Association, of the Mercantile Library Asso- 
ciation, and of the Mechanic and Scientific Institution, the Gene- 
ral Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen of the City of New- 
York, and such other Societies as the Trustees may, from time 
to time, designate, shall each be entitled to have always two 
students educated in the College, free of all charges of tuition.^ 

12. Every religious denomination in the City of New-York, 
by its authorised representatives, shall be entitled to have always 
one student, who may be designed for the ministry, educated 
in the College, free of charges of tuition. 

13. Any person or persons who may found a scholarship, to 
the amount of one thousand dollarsy shall be entitled to have one 
student educated in the College free of all charges of tuition. 
This right may be transferred to others. The scholarship shall 
bear such name as the founder or founders may designate. 



* The following resolution, which was adopted by the Trustees in December, 1827, 
extends still further to the Schools and School Societies m the city and country, the 
advantages of gratuitous education. 

" Resolved, That every School from wlaich there shall be admitted in any one 
year into the college, four Students, shall have the privilege of sending one scholar 
to be educated gratuitously in the College. The nomination to this scholarship shall 
be made by the Directors or Trustees of the School ; or, if there be no Trustees or 
Directors, by the Instructor or Instructers. 



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14, Any religious denomination or any person or persons 
who shall endow a Professorship in the Classics, in Political, 
Mathematical, or Physical Science, or in the Literature of any 
of the ancient or modern languages, to the amount of fifteen 
thousand dollars, shall, forever, have the right of nominating a 
Professor for the same, subject to the approbation of the Board 
of Trustees, who shall hold his office by the same tenure as the 
other Professors of the College ; the nomination to be made by 
the authorised representatives of the religious community, or by 
the person or persons who shall make the endowment, or such 
person or persons as he or they may designate. The proceeds 
of the endowment shall be appropriated to the salary of the 
Professor. 

15. The Department of Rhetoric and Belles Lettres, includ- 
ing the English language and English literature, shall be assigned 
to the President ; who shall exercise the Students frequently in 
English composition, elocution, and forensic disputations. With 
a view to their acquiring just sentiments as well as a correct 
style, he shall, also, at his discretion, assign to them the subjects 
on which they are to write, or which they are to discuss. The 
President shall give instruction, by lectures or otherwise, on the 
evidences of the Christian Religion in general, but not on the 
nature or evidences of its doctrines as professed by any parti- 
cular denomination of Christians. 

1 6. All prior statutes or parts of statutes, inconsistent with 
the provisions of this statute, are hereby repealed. 

NICHOLAS FISH, 

Chairman of the Board of Trustees, 
CLEMENT C. MOORE, Clerk. 



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